Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

SGT Forrest, Edward Watson Jr, 25, a native of ST. LOUIS, MO, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 67TH ARMOR, 2 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 10, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Loza, Christopher David, age 24, of ABILENE, TX ? National Guard, ARMY, TROOP A, 1ST SQUADRON, 124TH CAVALRY, WACO, TX, ? died on April 10, 2009 in WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES.

At 32, SFC Hall, Bryan Edward of ELK GROVE, CA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 67TH ARMOR, 2 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, when he died in MOSUL, IRAQ on April 10, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Senior Airman Jacob Israel Ramsey, 20, of Hesperia, California, served with the U.S. Air Force's 712th Air Support Operations Squadron. He was killed in action in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 10, 2009.

On April 10, 2009, the ARMY lost PFC Gautier, Bryce Edmund of CYPRESS, CA in MOSUL, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.

In MOSUL, IRAQ on April 10, 2009, the ARMY lost CPL Pautsch, Jason Graham of DAVENPORT, IA, 20, serving with COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 67TH ARMOR, 2 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Cpl. Blaise Adam Oleski, 22, of Holland Patent, New York, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action on April 8, 2009, in Now Zad, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Adam Michael Kuligowski, 21, of Arlington, Virginia, was killed in action on April 6, 2009, in Bagram, Afghanistan.

On April 5, 2009, the ARMY lost SPC Candelaria Mejias, Israel of SAN LORENZO, PR in BALAD RUZ, IRAQ. He was 28. Cause: HOSTILE.

Technical Sergeant Phillip Andrew Myers, 30, of Hopewell, Virginia, was a U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance disposal technician. He was killed by an improvised explosive device on April 4, 2009, in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

SGT Beard, Daniel Jay, 24, a native of BUFFALO, NY, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 147TH POSTAL COMPANY, 21ST THEATER SUSTAINMENT COMMAND, WIESBADEN, GM, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 3, 2009.

LCPL Dearmon, Stephen Fitzgerald, 21, a native of CROSSVILLE, TN, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 2D MLG HQ, (H&S CO, 2D MLG, III MEF FWD), CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 3, 2009.

COMPANY A, 25TH SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, ARMY ? SGT Poche, Devin Christopher (JACKSONVILLE, NC), age 25, ? died in COB SPEICHER, IRAQ on March 31, 2009.

From MIAMI, FL, LCPL Lantigua, Nelson Manuel served with the MARINE CORPS, G BTRY, 2D BN, 10TH MAR,( RCT-6, II MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on March 31, 2009 in CAMP AL TAQADDUM, IRAQ. He was 20.

LTJG Toner, Francis Lawrence Iv, age 26, of NARRAGANSETT, RI ? Active Duty, NAVY, ARSIC NORTH (TF PHOENIX), ? died on March 27, 2009 in MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Navy Lieutenant Florence Bacong Choe, 35, of El Cajon, California, was killed in a hostile incident in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, on March 27, 2009.

13TH MILITARY POLICE DETACHMENT, 728TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, ARMY ? SSG Futrell, Raphael Anton (ANDERSON, SC), age 26, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on March 25, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Adam Jeffery Hardt, 19, of Avondale, Arizona, was killed in action on March 22, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Airborne, Afghanistan.